Wire mattress.



C. J. WITZBL. WIRE MATTRESS.

APYLIGATION FILED MAR. 12, 1909.

Patented May 11, 1909.

, CHARLES i. WITZEL, or NEWl Yoan, N. Y.

WIRE MATTRESS.

To all whom it 'may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES J. WITZEL, a

' citizen of the United States of America, re-

siding in NevT York, in the borough of Brooklyn, county of Kings, and State of NevY York,

have invented certain new and' useful lmprovements in Wire Mattresses, of Which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in the spring and Woven-Wire mattresses, by Which the horsehair o'r other mattresses that are supported'on the same, are held in position thereon and prevented from shifting to one side or the other.

It is one of the objections to the metallic bedsteadsin general use that the horsehair or other mattresses which are placed on the Wire-mattresses are shifted on the same by the slightest touch from one side to the other,

sothat a very unsightly appearance is given t0 thel beds Veither when exhibited in the ystore or when in use.

-The object of this invention is to obviate the shifting of the horsehair or other mattresses on the Wire-mattresses by holding the same securely in position on the Wire-mattress and prevent in a reliable manner the -1 unsightly shifting of' the horsehair mattress on the same; and for this purpose the invention consists ofa Wire mattress Which is rovided at both sides with bent-u longitu mal guards? Which are reinforce( by heavier 1 strands along the side-ed es ofthe Wire-mat tress and atthe upper e ges of the bent-up guards', said bent-u guards being attached tobentmp lugs-on t etransverse end-straps of the Wire-mattress; and the bent-up lugs vconnected by coiled sv rings with auxiliary lugs which are attache' to the metallic crossbars at the ends of the Wire mattress by Which the same is supported in the bedstead.

In the accompanyang drawing,..].igure 1 lrepresents a perspective view of a metallic vloedstead with my improved Wire-mattress placed in position in the same, Fig. 2 is a perpective vlew of one end ofthe Wire mattress, rayvn on a larger scale, and Fig. 3 1s avertical transverse section on line 3, 3, Fig. 2.

Similar characters of reference indicate corn responding parts in the figures of the draw- I struction. The longitudinal e ges of the Speciieation of Letters Patent. Application led March 12, 1993. Serial. No. 482,919.

guards.

Patented May 1l, 1909.

Woven-Wire mattress a are reinforced by tress and connected in the usual manner by coiled springs d with the transverse angular head or foot-piece ve ofthe mattress, by which the latter is supported by the usual brackets c1 0n the side-rails of the metallic bedstead. The Wovenwvire mattress a is Woven beyondn the reinforcing strands al for a distance of approximately two inches, the edges beine reinforced by additional strands c3. oth longitudinal extensions or guards r1.2 at the sides of the Wire-mattress are bent up at'right angles to the body of themattress and at tached to lugs b1 that are bent up from the cross-straps b. The bentup lugs b1 are connected by auxiliary coiled springs d1 with auxiliary angular lugs d2 Whichare attached to the angle-irons e at the head andv foot of the wire-mattress, as shown in Fig. 2j The auxiliary 'springs d2 serve to keep'the bent-up guards a? rigidly in taut position in the same manner as the coiled springs d keep the mainportion or web ofthe Woven Wire-mattress in tightly stretched position.

The bent-up guards a2 Withtheir reinforcing strands a3 keep the horsehair mattress in position When thev saine is placed on 4 the Woven-Wire mattress and prevent the lateral shifting of the same While the horsehair mattress has some longitudinal play between the-head and foot-pieces of the metallic bedstead, the lateral shifting of the horsehair mattress is prevented and the same held always in lproper position between the sideI shifting of the horsehair mattress is thereby prevented. The longitudinal side guards add but little t0` the expense Vof the. Woven Wire-mattress, which is shipped in the samev manner as ordinary wire mattresses, the tension-springs preventing the mattress and its side-guards from getting out of shape.

Having thus described my invention, I

Patent:

l, A Woven-wire mattress provided with bent-u side-guards forming extensions of y or WeloofJ the mattress, transverse so he unsightly and disagreeable amssnnn .claim as new and desire to secure by Letters end-straps applied to the Woven-Wire mattress and provided with bent-up lugs tov which the-side-guards are attached, auxiliar'y angular lugs attached to the angle irons Aat the foot and head of the mattress, coilsprings between the' transverse end-stra s and angle irons, and coil-springs between t e bent-up 1u s ofthe end-straps and the auxiliarylugs o the angle-irons. i

2. In a Woven-Wire mattress the combination, with a woven-Wire web having bent-up extensions or guards at the sides, of ion itudinal strands for reinforcing the edges o the Web and Lbent-up guards7 transverse endstraps having bent-up lugs attached to oppo- `in line with the lugs of the transverse straps,

coil-springs interposed between the. transverse end-straps and angle-pierces, and auxiliary coil-springs between thebent-up lugs and auxiliary lugs. l v

3. A Woven-'Wire mattress provided with reinforcin strands at, both sides, bent-up side-guar s formi'n mattress also provi ed at their edges With reinforein strands, and transverse end-straps provide with bent-up lugs'to Which the ends,y

of the side-guards vare attached.

AIn testimony,l that I claim the foregoing as my invention, I have signed my naine in presence of two subscribing Witnesses'.

CHARLES J. WITZEL.-

Witnesses: i

PAUL GoEPEL, HENRY J. SUnBIER'.

extensions of the Wire', 

